Improved machine for cutting tobacco



W. W. HUSE.

Tobacco Cutter.

No. 46,908; Patented March 21, 1865.I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TV. V. HUSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

lIMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING TOBACCO.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. iilio, dated March 21, 1865.

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a back elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 a side elevation.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the igures.

My invention relates to ymachinery for..cut-. ting tobacco by revolving knives, as it is gradually advanced in a trough, by mechanism which can be readily adjusted to determine the extent of feed between any two cuts.

In the accompanying drawings, a represents a suitable frame, in the upper part of which is formed a horizontal bed, b, with parallel sides c c, to form a trough or way to receive the tobacco to be cut, and in which it is moved toward the cutters. To this trough is fitted a cap-plate, d, which, after the tobacco has been placed, is held down by a wedge-key, e. At the side of the trough is mounted a horizontal shaft, f, to the front end of which is secured a wheel, g, with arms and a crank-handle, and to the inner face of the hub and rim of this wheel are secured cutters h h, which stand off from the inner face of the arms sufficiently for the passage of the cut tobacco. I make the cuttingedge of the cutters convex in the form of a segment of a circle, to obtain a gradual drawcut, and I make them either smoothed or serrated, according to the purpose for which the tobacco may be intended. The front edge of the trough should be of steel, with a sharp square edge to facilita-te the cutting operation. The tobacco is fed or pushed forward by a follower, fi, on the end of ascrew, j, which passes through a rotating nut, k, mounted in the frame. The nut k carries a ratchet-wheel, o, which is actuated by a pawl, p, on an arm, q, which turns on the rear part of the nut k, and this arm q receives a vibratory motion by a connecting-rod, r, from a crank, s, on the rear end of the shaftf.

To regulate the extent of feed, there is a camplate, t, against the inner face of the ratchetwheel, and mounted so that it can turn on the nut k. A portion of the periphery of this plate is of less diameter than the ratchetwheel, and the rest of greater diameter, so that as the arm q vibrates the pawl q the cam form of the edge of the cam-plate will determine when the pawl shall act on the ratchetteeth. The cam-plate is held by a screw passing through a segment-slot, a, to admit of setting it, so that by turning and setting the plate the extent lof feeding-motion can be readily adjusted.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

rIlhe combination, substantially as herein described, of the non-rotating feeding-screw, the rotating nut mounted thereon and provided with a ratchet-wheel, the vibrating pawl or ratchet-hand, and the adjustable cam-plate for determining the extent of feed-motion which shall be imparted to the ratchet-wheel, for the purpose specified.

WM. w. HUsE.

Titnessesz NVM. II. BISHOP, ANDREW DE LACY. 

